WEST AUSTRALIAN
This book takes us on a journey through Western Australian maritime history; through an era of tragic shipwrecks; the first recorded sighting of the West in 1616 by Dutchman Dirk Hartog; the inquisitive surveys by the French; the arrival of the first British settlers; to the great Indian Ocean sea battles of World War II; and of course the America’s Cup. 300 x 247mm., pp. 84, b/w & col. plates throughout. #200515 / 0418/ 020722 (Small ownership stamp on fep)